Your personal relationship manager will support you in all your financial matters, from the targeted accumulation and long-term preservation through to the passing on of your assets. He is able to make full use of our comprehensive range of services and draw on the same skills and investment solutions as LGT’s owners, the Princely House of Liechtenstein.

On behalf of their institutional and private clients, the asset management specialists of LGT Capital Partners search worldwide for attractive investment opportunities and the best portfolio managers. They also manage a substantial share of the wealth belonging to LGT’s owner, the Princely House of Liechtenstein.

We see wealth not as an end in itself but also as a means of creating social and cultural added value. As a successful business, we feel an obligation, across all our locations, to make our own contribution toward a society worth living in.

Since it was founded over 90 years ago, LGT has grown from a small regional bank to an international private bank employing over 3000 staff in more than 20 locations worldwide. However, it remains an independent family company. And our most important duty is still to manage our clients’ assets diligently and rigorously.

Are you an able and dedicated individual who acts with integrity? If so, then you have come to the right place. We will foster your individual strengths and invest in your personal further development. At LGT, you can play an active role in helping to shape your field of activity and area of operations. It is important to us that you are satisfied in the long term with the company and with the work you do.

LGT reports excellent results

March 12, 2018

LGT reported strong net asset inflows and a significant increase in profits for the 2017 financial year. Group profit for the full year rose 23% to CHF 283.4 million. Net asset inflows, excluding acquired assets, amounted to CHF 17.7 billion, which corresponds to organic growth of 12%. As at the end of 2017, assets under management increased by a total of 33% to CHF 201.8 billion.

LGT reported very good results in all regions and business areas for the 2017 financial year, attributable to both continued organic growth as well as successful acquisitions. Significant contributors to growth were the ABN AMRO private banking business in Asia and the Middle East, which was integrated into LGT as of May 2017, and the London and Paris-based private debt manager European Capital Fund Management, integrated in June 2017. The UK-based wealth management boutique LGT Vestra, which has been part of LGT since mid-2016, also made a healthy contribution to growth.

Total operating income rose 27% to CHF 1.53 billion in 2017. As a result of the increased asset base, higher levels of client activity in a good stock market environment as well as good investment performance by LGT Capital Partners, income from services rose 22% to CHF 1.01 billion. Net interest and similar income increased 33% to CHF 228.4 million. Income from trading activities and other operating income increased 41% to CHF 295.6 million; a one-off contribution from the sale of a private equity stake in the first half of the year is also reflected in this result.

Personnel expenses rose 28% to CHF 858.4 million in 2017. This reflects an increase in staff levels of over 550 employees in the course of the year, of which around 240 are attributable to organic growth, as well as higher performance-related compensation, which was partly offset both in the year under review and the previous year by pension plan effects. Business and office expenses rose 22% to CHF 275.0 million as a result of the growth of the business. Depreciation, amortization and provisions increased 36% to CHF 75.8 million, primarily due to acquisitions. Total operating expenses rose 27% to CHF 1.13 billion.

The cost-income ratio was maintained at approx. 74%. Overall, group profit rose to CHF 283.4 million, which corresponds to an increase of 23% compared to 2016.

LGT is very well capitalized with the tier 1 capital ratio at 18.8% as at 31 December 2017 and has a high level of liquidity.

Record net asset inflows and assets under managementLGT had record net asset inflows of CHF 17.7 billion in 2017, which corresponds to an organic growth rate of 12%. Both business areas and all regions contributed to this positive result.

Assets under management rose by CHF 49.7 billion or 33% to CHF 201.8 billion compared to the end of 2016. This includes CHF 18.3 billion in assets under management from the acquired ABN AMRO private banking business and from the business of European Capital Fund Management. Of total assets under management, over one-quarter was attributable to the asset management business as at year-end. This underscores LGT’s position as one of the leading providers both in private banking as well as in the alternative investments space.

Strategy and outlookOver the last few years LGT has achieved extraordinarily strong growth, organically and through strategic acquisitions, in both of its business areas – private banking and asset management. In private banking, LGT has built a loyal client base in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, which is served out of Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Austria, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai. The asset management business serves a global institutional client base that is invested mainly in alternative asset classes and multi-asset products. LGT’s strong market position in attractive and well diversified client markets and asset classes provides a high level of stability and good growth prospects for the established core business. The healthy profitability of both business segments in combination with LGT’s strong capitalization will allow for substantial future investments in the client experience, expansion of distribution, broadening and deepening of investment competencies as well as in the rapidly progressing standardization and digitalization of the bank’s overall processes.

H.S.H. Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein, CEO LGT: "2017 was an exceptionally good year for LGT. These results reflect that LGT is strengthening its position as a leading private banking and asset management provider, and the fact that we have taken advantage of market opportunities and further improved the quality of our business. We will continue to pursue our long-term growth strategy judiciously in the future. Thanks to our dedicated employees, unique culture, efficient processes, high level of investment expertise, as well as our stable ownership structure and capital base, we are very well positioned to create value for our clients."

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